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Obama and Israel Now

The Obama campaign, which has had problems in the past with its perceived -- sometimes inaccurately -- support of Palestinian interests over America's best ally in the Middle East region, Israel, didn't do itself any favors two weeks ago with pro-Israeli and mainstream Jewish groups.

That's when Obama's Jewish liaison, Dan Shapiro, along with several foreign-policy and Middle East transition team members, sat down with about 29 representatives of Jewish organizations. The difference: several high profile Israeli peace organizations were given prominent play at the meetings. Those groups included: Peace Now, the Israel Policy Forum, J Street, and Brit Tzedek.

Not invited to the meeting -- under the guise of a "scheduling conflict" -- was Malcolm Hoenlein, head of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, a middle of the road Jewish coalition group that has traditionally taken a lead role in setting up coalition meetings with national political figures.

Hoenlein gained some notoriety earlier this year for his attempts to get then-vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin invited to speak at an anti-Iranian rally in New York during United Nations week.

"President Obama had an opportunity to reconfigure the Jewish lobby and activist network here in the United States, which has long been controlled by the neo-cons," says an Obama foreign policy transition adviser, who also has been identified in the past as an adviser to Obama on European affairs. "Meetings like this aren't as important to the policy as they are in sending a message about whom the administration will seek advice and support from. This meeting makes it clear the peace movement is going to have a strong voice."

But over the past week, those voices have been frustrated with Obama's refusal to comment on the Israeli response to Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. And while some of Obama's aides, such as former peace negotiator Dennis Ross, have been getting briefed on U.S. activities surrounding the Israeli defense response, Obama has not immersed himself in the briefings beyond his daily national intelligence briefing in Hawaii.

Letter to the Editor

topics:
Israel, Peace Groups

Comments

Appleby| 12.31.08 @ 6:53AM

Obama is the Antichrist. Do not be surprised at what he will do against Israel, through agents he can toss under the bus at will, of course -- surely it has not escaped your notice that the Israelis are doing it now, while it still has friends in high places.

With success on their part, it will be PEBOs job to sweep the foundations and wring his hands at the funerals when the rats are cleaned out of the cess pool that is Gaza.

P.S. My sainted Daddy used to snort when people referred to *innocent bystanders* in a war. They know what is going on, he would say; anybody still standing around is not an innocent bystander.

Bruce Squires| 12.31.08 @ 11:31AM

I think we are beginning to see the real Obama. He lacks experience in all areas. This is being shown related to the Gaza situation. Don't get involved, don't make statments, let the underlings do the talking so when there is an adverse reaction OB can after determining which way the wind is blowing (did anyone say Clinton?) he can come down on the side that will make him look good versus taking a stance, right or wrong, and living with it.

There will be a lot more of the same I suspect.

WendyG| 12.31.08 @ 1:18PM

>>>>I think we are beginning to see the real Obama. He lacks experience in all areas.

Yep. There is no there, there.

Alan Brooks| 12.31.08 @ 4:53PM

my dad was in WWII, in the army air force; if he had listened to the peaceniks we'd have lost that war and the Cold War, too.

you just kill the enemy and THEN do the negotiating.
get it?:
kill first; yap-yap later!

T Webb| 12.31.08 @ 8:38PM

America is finished. From BUSH the IDIOT, to OBAMA the defective.

vincep1974| 1.1.09 @ 9:02AM

I'm praying for a military coup, or an asteroid to hit Washington on I-Day.

T Webb| 1.1.09 @ 10:00AM

Georgie porgie pudding and pie, kissed the world and made them cry.

Georgie porgie pudding and pie kissed the world and made it die. Good bye America, nice knowing you.

stmichrick| 1.1.09 @ 11:48AM

The silly part of this (and on many other issues) is that Obama and his people want to appear to think there is enlightment in these peace groups that has been somehow overlooked.

Hopefully this is window dressing to his base.

HELL HAS ARRIVED IN AMERICA| 1.2.09 @ 10:19PM

The latest desaster for the great America, who the government deceived, and printed the new currency the Amero, and plot to give every American 2 Cents for every American dollar in American Banks.

That explains the FEMA concentration camps, when people realise their investment for their pension is worth nothing because America has been spending more than it earned for the last 8 years.

The same thing that happend in Europe over the last 500 years has now happend to Americans while busy killing innocent Arabs. While Americans were busy killing Arabs, the real criminals ran off with your life savings, and took away your rights, so you could not speak about it.
Stole your taxes, and robbed your Banks and left you homeless and destitute, they did the same thing in Europe, you stupid YANKS!. READ HISTORY.

WW1, WW2, WW3. The cup runneth| 1.2.09 @ 11:34PM

Obama, the first Black in office, how did it happen and why?

The People who wanted Sept 11th spent Billions each to get the stupid G W Bush elected, to serve their purpose.

Now they have Obama a man who does not have any reason to want to be President, a chancer, who the Jewish Criminal organised gang intend to use, to destroy America.

Obama is there to finish off what Bush could not complete, kill the wounded giant,(AMERICA).

The BANKS get their pay off via American taxes, while they invest in GOLD PLATINIUM, and OIL and DRUGS in Afganistan the POPPY production has never been better.

Bunch of GOYIM idiots, will get 2 CENTS for ever dollar, their property worthless. NO JOBS, no food, because the people who normally ship food into Europe and America can't pay their workers. FAMINE IN EUROPE GOYIMS, WHITE PEOPLE SRARVING TO DEATH, while you were busy killing the wrong people you bunch of GOYIM FOOLS.

Alan Brooks| 1.4.09 @ 5:00PM

Well we know what woman wrote the post immed. above mine here. If she is really a she.
sad thing is 'she' probably came from a good family and went to private schools.
who knows, maybe she fell asleep in class.
BTW she wrote quote FAMINE IN EUROPE unquote, but not in America.
Covering her bets.

Alan Brooks| 1.4.09 @ 5:04PM

oh yes and the post above that one, HELL HAS...

why does 'she' post at AmSpec? why cant 'she' go to the controlled demolition site?

Michele San Pietro| 1.6.09 @ 5:42PM

I hope Obama won't be so crazy as to stop supporting Israel. Personally, I don't trust him at all.

Joe McComas| 1.16.09 @ 5:05PM

Scary face our education system has.

For some insite...
Gaza has been a war zone since long before I could write and, if you believe, will be until the end of days.

President Bush wasn't out to destroy America. I doubt any politician actually ever *tried* to fail.

President elect Obama is young and doesn't have much experience but he will be tested through fire soon enough. He will either do well or poorly.

Now for some facts...
Every great empire in the past failed in the end--that is why we aren't in that empire today.
Equality is defective because people only want it with their superiors.
You don't have to use money--you can barter for everything that you get--but you won't get much if your lazy.
If you are oppressed in some way, you have only yourself to blame--you can always fight to the death to be free.
Finally, I owe you nothing, but being generous, I will give you my leave.

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